Category: Video – Wednesday Watchlist
Txtng is killing language. JK!!!
Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there’s much more to texting — linguistically, culturally — than it seems, and it’s all good news.
Kevin Kelly: The next 5,000 days of the web
We are about 2500 days into Kelly’s predictions. It is stagering to to see just how accurate Kelly has been.
The key to growth? Race with the machines
…humans and computers working together could beat any computer or any human working alone.
Racing with the machine beats racing against the machine. Technology is not destiny; we shape our destiny. (11:27)
I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate||Spoken Word
Thanks to Bob Thomspom from Concordia for sharing the link to this great video. It is too bad our educational system does put students in a position where exam results all to often dictate their fate. Unfortunately, this direction is getting even more entrenched as we place even more significance on exams.